VH-OJT Boeing 747-438

This aircraft was ordered new by Qantas Airways Ltd - ?

It was allocated the Boeing Block Number 'RM332'

Rolled off the Boeing production line at Everett (Paine Field) - September 27, 1999

Entered onto the Australian Aircraft Register as VH-OJT - October 05, 1999

Registered to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney

First flown as VH-OJT - October 15, 1999

Accepted by S. Skimin for Qantas Airways at Everett (Paine Field) - October 26, 1999

This was the 115th Boeing airliner delivered new to Qantas Airways

It was the 50th Boeing 747 delivered to Qantas

The aircraft was un-named when it was accepted by Qantas

Departed Everett (Paine Field) on the delivery flight to Australia as QF6002 - October 26, 1999

Arrived Melbourne (Avalon) on completion of the delivery flight - October 28, 1999

Delivery route: Seattle - Melbourne

Ferried Melbourne (Avalon) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - November 05, 1999

It operated its first revenue service Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Los Angeles as QF11 - November 05, 1999

The aircraft was named 'Fraser Island' at Sydney Airport - ?

Registered to Fitzroy Leasing Ltd - May 12, 2006

Leased to Qantas Airways Ltd, Sydney as the registered operator

It operated its final service in the 14F/52J/235Y configuration Hong Kong - Sydney as QF128 - September 29-30, 2012

Ferried Sydney (Kingsford Smith) - Melbourne (Avalon) as QF6195 - October 01, 2012

Reconfigured to seat 58J/36W/270Y in the Airbus A380 style seating

Ferried Melbourne (Avalon) - Brisbane as QF6013 - November 14, 2012

Returned to service Brisbane - Singapore as QF51 - November 15, 2012

Registered to Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney - March 11, 2014

It operated the last Qantas Los Angeles - New York - Los Angeles service as QF11 / QF12 - August 31, 2018

It operated its final revenue service Brisbane - Los Angeles as QF55 - September 22, 2018

Flight time - 13 hours 09 minutes

Ferried Los Angeles - Mojave as QF6019 - September 25, 2018

Flight time - 29 minutes

It was placed in open storage at Mojave awaiting scrapping

This aircraft had flown 89,956.78 hours with 9,304 cycles

Sold to IAGCAS, Florida - October 02, 2018

Cancelled from the Australian Aircraft Register - October 03, 2018

Scrapped at Mojave

VH-OJT. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'Fraser Island' in the original livery at Hamburg Airport, May 2001.

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VH-OJT. Qantas The Spirit Of Australia - 'Fraser Island' in the original livery at Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport, November 25, 2004.

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VH-OJT. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Fraser Island' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 21, 2013.

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VH-OJT. Qantas Spirit of Australia - 'Fraser Island' in the 'New Roo' livery at Adelaide West Beach Airport, October 21, 2013.

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